Soul R&B Music Charts of 1960 - Best-Selling Soul R&B Songs of 1960 With Free MP3 Download Links and Song Lyrics

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Below is a list of the best selling Soul R&B songs from 1960, sorted by the most popular or best selling first. Place mouse on

to see information about song. Click on song title to play song and to read details about the song including lyrics (if available) and to add to playlist. Click on

to play song. . Click on label to list songs from that record label. Following on from the top 100 chart are listings of hundreds of other lesser-known Soul R&B songs from 1960, arranged in order of highest US R&B and/or UK chart position.

More Soul R&B Songs From 1960 . . .

The following songs were released in 1960 but never made it into the Top 100 Chart.
Songs with chart position "---" either never made it into the US top 100 R&B or UK charts
of 1960 or we have no details of their highest chart positions if they did.

(Songs are sorted in highest US R&B Top 100 and/or UK Top 100 chart position order)
#		Artist (click for discography and biography of artist)	Title (click song title to play it, read lyrics etc.)	Year	Label
101	recordlabel: Old Town 1076 chartposition: RandB #11, US #7, UK #15 writtenby: Carl Spencer & Henry Glover	Billy Bland	Let the Little Girl Dance	1960	Old Town
102	recordlabel: King 5400 chartposition: RandB #1 (1 week), US #6 weeksinr&bchart: 15 writtenby: Hank Ballard album: Spotlight on Hank Ballard	Hank Ballard & the Midnighters	Let's Go, Let's Go, Let's Go	1960	King
---	recordlabel: Bobbin 126 writtenby: Albert King	Albert King	Let's Have A Natural Ball!	1960	Bobbin
1	recordlabel: MGM 12843 chartposition: RandB #13, US #48 weeksinr&bchart: 4 writtenby: Billy Smith	Clyde McPhatter	Let's Try Again	1960	MGM
---	recordlabel: Minit 606 writtenby: B. Spellman, A. Toussaint	Benny Spellman	Life Is Too Short	1960	Minit
1	recordlabel: Roulette 4257 chartposition: US #58 writtenby: Bobby Day	Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers	Little Bitty Pretty One	1960	Roulette
2	recordlabel: Signature 12026 chartposition: RandB #12 weeksinr&bchart: 6 writtenby: Ray Bryant album: Little Susie comments: [jazz instrumental]	Ray Bryant Trio	Little Susie	1960	Signature
3	recordlabel: Profile 4011 chartposition: RandB #23 writtenby: Mel London	Junior Wells	Little by Little	1960	Profile
4	recordlabel: Atlantic 2062 chartposition: RandB #9, US #54 weeksinr&bchart: 8 writtenby: Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman	The Drifters	Lonely Winds	1960	Atlantic
5	recordlabel: Top Rank 2076 chartposition: US #105 writtenby: Ted Taylor	Ted Taylor	Look Out	1960	Top Rank
6	recordlabel: Mercury 71696 chartposition: RandB #16, US #30 weeksinr&bchart: 5 writtenby: George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin comments: [jazz RnB]	Dinah Washington	Love Walked In	1960	Mercury
7	recordlabel: Donna 1315 chartposition: RandB #11, US #7 weeksinr&bchart: 9 writtenby: Ron Holden	Ron Holden	Love You So	1960	Donna
8	recordlabel: Verve 10209 chartposition: RandB #6, US #27, UK #19 weeksinr&bchart: 6 writtenby: Kurt Weill & Bertolt Brecht album: Mack The Knife Ella In Berlin comments: [jazz RnB]	Ella Fitzgerald	Mack the Knife	1960	Verve
9	recordlabel: Columbia 41628 chartposition: RandB #5, US #30 weeksinr&bchart: 18 writtenby: Ray Bryant and Eddie Morrison album: Madison Time comments: (Calls by Eddie Morrison)	Ray Bryant Combo	Madison Time	1960	Columbia
10	recordlabel: End 1073 chartposition: RandB #27, US #74 writtenby: Jacob Carey, Nathaniel Nelson, Terry Johnson, Charles Hunt, Paul Wilson and Esekiel Carey	The Flamingos	Mio Amore	1960	End
---	recordlabel: Apollo 759 writtenby: Davis comments: [northern soul] mpcode: 41QZTGP58OI	The O'Jays	Miracles	1960	Apollo
1	recordlabel: Tamla 54027 chartposition: RandB #2 (6 weeks), US #23 weeksinr&bchart: 21 writtenby: Janie Bradford & Berry Gordy album: US Motown Chartbusters Vol. 1 comments: [Motown Sound]	Barrett Strong	Money	1960	Tamla
---	recordlabel: Checker 955 writtenby: Willie Dixon comments: [blues]	Little Walter	My Babe	1960	Checker
1	recordlabel: Argo 5368 chartposition: RandB #5, US #34 weeksinr&bchart: 17 writtenby: Eddie Bo (as Edwin Bocage) and Paul Gayten album: At Last! comments: [ballad]	Etta James	My Dearest Darling	1960	Argo
2	recordlabel: End 1067 chartposition: US #86 writtenby: Patrick Welch and Michael Me	Little Anthony & the Imperials	My Empty Room	1960	End
3	recordlabel: Imperial 5704 chartposition: RandB #7, US #14 UK #32 weeksinr&bchart: 12 writtenby: Fats Domino & Dave Bartholomew album: Million Sellers by Fats	Fats Domino	My Girl Josephine	1960	Imperial
4	recordlabel: Value 213 chartposition: RandB #19, US #78 weeksinr&bchart: 7 writtenby: Oscar Straus comments: [ballad]	Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes	My Hero	1960	Value
5	recordlabel: Atlantic 2054 chartposition: US #102 writtenby: Nelson and Jules Taub	Joe Turner	My Little Honey Dripper	1960	Atlantic
6	recordlabel: Capitol 4393 chartposition: RandB #12 weeksinr&bchart: 4 writtenby: Ollie Jones	Nat King Cole & Stan Kenton	My Love	1960	Capitol
---	recordlabel: Kable 437 writtenby: D. Davis	J.J. Barnes & the Del! Fi's	My Love Came Tumbling Down	1960	Kable
1	recordlabel: Legrand 1003 chartposition: RandB #5, US #6, UK #16 weeksinr&bchart: 14 writtenby: Frank Guida & Joseph Royster album: Dance 'Til Quarter To Three With U. S. Bonds	Gary U.S. Bonds	New Orleans	1960	Legrand
2	recordlabel: Brunswick 55166 chartposition: RandB #3 (1 week), US #4 weeksinr&bchart: 13 writtenby: Camille Saint SaÃƒÆ’Ã‚Â«ns (as Saint SaÃƒÆ’Ã‚Â«ns), Johnny Lehman & Herb Miller album: A Woman, A Lover, A Friend comments: [ballad]	Jackie Wilson	Night	1960	Brunswick
3	recordlabel: Keen 82111 chartposition: US #103 writtenby: Sam Cooke (as Barbara Campbell)	Sam Cooke	No One (Can Ever Take Your Place)	1960	Keen
4	recordlabel: Vee Jay 349 chartposition: RandB #21 writtenby: John Lee Hooker	John Lee Hooker	No Shoes	1960	Vee Jay
5	recordlabel: Colpix 158 chartposition: RandB #23, US #93 writtenby: Jimmy Cox	Nina Simone	Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out	1960	Colpix
6	recordlabel: End 1068 chartposition: RandB #23, US #30 writtenby: Sam Cooke	The Flamingos	Nobody Loves Me Like You	1960	End
7	recordlabel: RCA 477644 chartposition: RandB #13, US #16 weeksinr&bchart: 6 writtenby: Ella Robertson, Donald Robertson and Hal Blair comments: [ballad]	Della Reese	Not One Minute More	1960	RCA
8	recordlabel: Minit 607 chartposition: RandB #3 (1 week), US #28 weeksinr&bchart: 11 writtenby: Jessie Hill album: Can't Get Enough (Of That Ooh Poo Pah Doo)	Jessie Hill	Ooh Poo Pah Doo	1960	Minit
9	recordlabel: Minit 612 chartposition: RandB #21, US #111 writtenby: Allen Toussaint (as Allen Orange)	Aaron Neville	Over You	1960	Minit
10	recordlabel: Big Top 3032 chartposition: RandB #13, US #46 weeksinr&bchart: 3 writtenby: Gordon Clifford and Nacio Brown (as Nacio Herb Brown)	Sammy Turner	Paradise	1960	Big Top
11	recordlabel: Kent 346 chartposition: RandB #8 weeksinr&bchart: 13 writtenby: B.B. King album: King Of The Blues comments: [blues]	B.B. King	Partin' Time	1960	Kent
12	recordlabel: Home Of The Blues 112 chartposition: US #114 writtenby: James Brown and Johnny Terry	The 5 Royales	Please, Please, Please	1960	Home Of The Blues
13	recordlabel: ABC Paramount 45 10123 chartposition: RandB #5, US #19 weeksinr&bchart: 12 writtenby: Lloyd Price & Harold Logan	Lloyd Price	Question	1960	ABC Paramount
14	recordlabel: MGM 1103 (UK) chartposition: UK #46 writtenby: Michael Burton, Jeff Lane and Van McCoy mpcode: nlb8Xb3BqoE	Jimmy Jones	Ready For Love	1960	MGM(UK)
---	recordlabel: Columbia 31204 writtenby: J. Leslie McFarland album: Aretha	Aretha Franklin	Right Now	1960	Columbia
1	recordlabel: Checker 942 chartposition: RandB #20, US #75 writtenby: Bo Diddley (as Elias McDaniel)	Bo Diddley	Road Runner	1960	Checker
2	recordlabel: ABC Paramount 10164 chartposition: RandB #10, US #28 weeksinr&bchart: 8 writtenby: Mitchell Parish and Heinz Roemheld album: Dedicated to You comments: [ballad]	Ray Charles	Ruby	1960	ABC Paramount
3	recordlabel: Atco 6153 chartposition: RandB #29, US #36 weeksinr&bchart: 6 writtenby: Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller album: Coast Along With The Coasters	The Coasters	Run Red Run	1960	Atco
4	recordlabel: RCA Victor 7816 chartposition: RandB #23, US #29 writtenby: Sam Cooke album: The Best of Sam Cooke	Sam Cooke	Sad Mood	1960	RCA Victor
5	recordlabel: Atlantic 2071 chartposition: RandB #1 (1 week), US #1, UK #2 weeksinr&bchart: 15 writtenby: Doc Pomus & Mort Shuman album: Save The Last Dance For Me	The Drifters	Save the Last Dance for Me	1960	Atlantic
6	recordlabel: Mercury 71542 chartposition: RandB #22, US #88 weeksinr&bchart: 3 writtenby: Eddie Shuler and William Wildridge comments: recorded in 1955 and originally released on Eddie Shuler's (the song's co writer) Goldband label	Elton Anderson with Sid Lawrence Combo	Secret of Love	1960	Mercury
7	recordlabel: Atlantic 2059 chartposition: US #83 writtenby: Otis Blackwell album: Saved	LaVern Baker	Shadows of Love	1960	Atlantic
8	recordlabel: Atlantic 2048 chartposition: RandB #13 weeksinr&bchart: 4 writtenby: Joe Morris album: Saved	LaVern Baker	Shake a Hand	1960	Atlantic
9	recordlabel: Arvee 5006 chartposition: US #42 writtenby: Armand Piron	The Olympics	Shimmy Like Kate	1960	Arvee
10	recordlabel: End 1060 chartposition: RandB #14, US #24 weeksinr&bchart: 10 writtenby: Bob Smith	Little Anthony & the Imperials	Shimmy, Shimmy, Ko-Ko Bop	1960	End
11	recordlabel: Tamla 54034 chartposition: RandB #1 (8 weeks), US #2 weeksinr&bchart: 16 writtenby: Smokey Robinson & Berry Gordy album: Hi We're The Miracles / US Motown Chartbusters Vol. 1 comments: [Motown Sound]	Smokey Robinson & The Miracles	Shop Around	1960	Tamla
12	recordlabel: Atco 6178 chartposition: US #83 writtenby: Kent Harris	The Coasters	Shoppin' for Clothes	1960	Atco
---	recordlabel: Minit 618 writtenby: A. T. Bragg P. Lack	Aaron Neville	Show Me The Way	1960	Minit
1	recordlabel: King 45 5394 chartposition: RandB #10, US #13 weeksinr&bchart: 9 writtenby: Earl Burnett & Adam Geibel album: Sure Things	Little Willie John	Sleep	1960	King
2	recordlabel: Hi 2018 chartposition: RandB #1 (4 weeks), US #17 weeksinr&bchart: 15 writtenby: Bill Black comments: [instrumental]	Bill Blacks Combo	Smokie	1960	Hi
3	recordlabel: King 5310 chartposition: US #95 writtenby: Black comments: [instrumental]	Bill Doggett	Smokie (Part II)	1960	King
4	recordlabel: Checker 954 chartposition: US #110 writtenby: James Johnson [James E. Johnson]	The Vibrations	So Blue	1960	Checker
5	recordlabel: Mercury 71.722 chartposition: RandB #93 writtenby: Jimmie Hodges	Brook Benton	Someday (You'll Want Me to Want You)	1960	Mercury .
6	recordlabel: Chess 1771 chartposition: RandB #12, US #78 writtenby: Willie Dixon	Etta James & Harvey Fuqua	Spoonful	1960	Chess
7	recordlabel: Herald 552 chartposition: RandB #3 (2 weeks), US #1, UK #14 weeksinr&bchart: 18 writtenby: Maurice Williams album: Stay	Maurice Williams & the Zodiacs	Stay	1960	Herald
8	recordlabel: Coed 525 chartposition: US #14 writtenby: Ollie Jones and Billy Smith (as Billy Dawn Smith) mpcode: 7DhevKN-p9k	The Crests	Step by Step	1960	Coed
9	recordlabel: ABC Paramount 10118 chartposition: RandB #2 (1 week), US #40 weeksinr&bchart: 13 writtenby: Henry Glover and Titus Turner	Ray Charles	Sticks and Stones	1960	ABC Paramount
10	recordlabel: Kent 45330 chartposition: RandB #2 (1 week) weeksinr&bchart: 14 writtenby: King, Josea album: The Great B.B. King comments: [blues]	B.B. King	Sweet Sixteen (Pt. 1)	1960	Kent
11	recordlabel: Mercury 71660 chartposition: RandB #7, US #23 weeksinr&bchart: 10 writtenby: Clyde McPhatter & Jimmy Oliver album: Ta Ta!	Clyde McPhatter	Ta Ta	1960	Mercury
12	recordlabel: RCA Victor 477701 chartposition: RandB #22, US #50 writtenby: Jeff Barry	Sam Cooke	Teenage Sonata	1960	RCA Victor
13	recordlabel: Atlantic 2068 chartposition: RandB #13 weeksinr&bchart: 8 writtenby: Lowman Pauling album: Ray Charles in Person	Ray Charles	Tell the Truth	1960	Atlantic
14	recordlabel: Decca 31093 chartposition: RandB #19, US #6 writtenby: Jerry Reed album: Miss Dynamite	Brenda Lee	That's All You Gotta Do	1960	Decca
15	recordlabel: Cub 9072 chartposition: US #83 writtenby: Waldense Hall and Lockie Edward mpcode: K41kBdnwKMo	Jimmy Jones	That's When I Cried	1960	Cub
16	recordlabel: King 5423 chartposition: US #68 writtenby: Billy Ward album: The Amazing James Brown	James Brown	The Bells	1960	King
17	recordlabel: Maske 102 chartposition: RandB #25, US #75 weeksinr&bchart: 3 writtenby: Kerrin and Lendon	Cornbread & Biscuits	The Big Time Spender	1960	Maske
---	recordlabel: Warwick 559 writtenby: Berry	Little Esther Phillips	The Chains	1960	Warwick
1	recordlabel: King 5312 chartposition: RandB #21 weeksinr&bchart: 7 writtenby: Hank Ballard	Hank Ballard & the Midnighters	The Coffee Grind	1960	King
2	recordlabel: Parkway 813 chartposition: RandB #15, US #14 weeksinr&bchart: 6 writtenby: Andy Gibson & Roy Alfred album: Twist with Chubby Checker	Chubby Checker	The Hucklebuck	1960	Parkway
3	recordlabel: Amy 804 chartposition: RandB 14, US #23 weeksinr&bchart: 8 writtenby: Al Brown	Al Brown's Tunetoppers with Cookie Brown	The Madison	1960	Amy
4	recordlabel: Mercury 71652 chartposition: RandB #21, US #16 writtenby: Brook Benton & Clyde Otis album: Golden Hits	Brook Benton	The Same One	1960	Mercury
5	recordlabel: Fire 1016 chartposition: RandB #15 weeksinr&bchart: 5 writtenby: Elmore James, Morris Levy and Clarence Lewis comments: [blues]	Elmo James & His Broomdusters	The Sky Is Crying	1960	Fire
6	recordlabel: Rendezvous 134 chartposition: RandB #20, US #105 writtenby: Jeanne Vikki	Googie Rene Combo	The Slide (Part I)	1960	Rendezvous
7	recordlabel: United Artists 229 chartposition: RandB #18 writtenby: Dave Braithwaite and Eddie Powell	The Falcons	The Teacher	1960	United Artists
8	recordlabel: Mercury 71566 chartposition: RandB #15, US #37 weeksinr&bchart: 4 writtenby: Vin Corso (as Vincent A. Corso) and Clyde Otis	Brook Benton	The Ties That Bind	1960	Mercury
9	recordlabel: King 5171 chartposition: RandB #6, US #28 weeksinr&bchart: 13 writtenby: Hank Ballard	Hank Ballard & the Midnighters	The Twist	1960	King
10	recordlabel: Parkway 811 chartposition: RandB #2 (2 weeks), US #1, UK #44 weeksinr&bchart: 16 writtenby: Hank Ballard album: Twist with Chubby Checker	Chubby Checker	The Twist	1960	Parkway
11	recordlabel: Old Town 1079 chartposition: RandB #19 writtenby: Ray Noble album: I Worry About You	Arthur Prysock	The Very Thought of You	1960	Old Town
12	recordlabel: Fire 1022 chartposition: RandB #1 (1 week), US #31 weeksinr&bchart: 15 writtenby: Big Jay McNeely album: There's Something on Your Mind comments: [ballad]	Bobby Marchan	There's Something on Your Mind (Part 2)	1960	Fire
13	recordlabel: Lost Nite 101 / Old Town 1094 chartposition: RandB #11, US #3 writtenby: Joseph Luccisano, Alfonso Gentile & Alfred Striano	The Capris	There's a Moon Out Tonight	1960	Lost Nite/ Old Tow
14	recordlabel: Federal 12370 chartposition: RandB #7, US #33 weeksinr&bchart: 14 writtenby: Lowman Pauling album: Think!	James Brown	Think	1960	Federal
15	recordlabel: MGM 12877 chartposition: US #66 writtenby: Ray Stanley	Clyde McPhatter	Think Me a Kiss	1960	MGM
16	recordlabel: Mercury 71635 chartposition: RandB #1 (1 week), US #24 weeksinr&bchart: 16 writtenby: Clyde Otis album: Unforgettable comments: [jazz RnB]	Dinah Washington	This Bitter Earth	1960	Mercury
17	recordlabel: RCA 477811 chartposition: US #100 writtenby: Eunice Frost and Gene Forrest comments: B side to What Would I Do	Mickey & Sylvia	This Is My Story	1960	RCA
18	recordlabel: Atlantic 2050 chartposition: RandB #4, US #16 weeksinr&bchart: 12 writtenby: Doc Pomus & Mort Shuman	The Drifters	This Magic Moment	1960	Atlantic
19	recordlabel: Federal 12378 chartposition: RandB #20, US #79 writtenby: James Brown album: Think!	James Brown	This Old Heart	1960	Federal
20	recordlabel: Mercury 72214 chartposition: RandB #12, US #66 weeksinr&bchart: 2 writtenby: Clyde Otis (as Cliff Owens) and Jessie Hollis comments: [christmas]	Brook Benton	This Time of the Year	1960	Mercury
21	recordlabel: Imperial 5687 chartposition: RandB #8, US #15, UK #45 weeksinr&bchart: 5 writtenby: Fats Domino (as Antoine Domino) album: Million Sellers by Fats	Fats Domino	Three Nights a Week	1960	Imperial
22	recordlabel: Capitol 4325 chartposition: RandB #27, US #30, UK #23 weeksinr&bchart: 2 writtenby: Aaron Schroeder and Wally Gold	Nat King Cole	Time and the River	1960	Capitol
23	recordlabel: Columbia 41793 chartposition: RandB #10 weeksinr&bchart: 12 writtenby: Curtis Lewis album: Aretha (with the Ray Bryant Combo)	Aretha Franklin	Today I Sing the Blues	1960	Columbia
24	recordlabel: Big Deal 6003 chartposition: US #76 writtenby: Shirley Owens and Luther Dixon	The Chiffons	Tonight's the Night	1960	Big Deal
25	recordlabel: Scepter 1208 chartposition: RandB #14, US #39 weeksinr&bchart: 9 writtenby: Luther Dixon and Shirley Owens album: Tonight's the Night	The Shirelles	Tonight's the Night	1960	Scepter
26	recordlabel: Chess 1747 chartposition: RandB #18, US #42 writtenby: Chuck Berry album: Rockin' at the Hops	Chuck Berry	Too Pooped to Pop (Casey)	1960	Chess
27	recordlabel: Atco 6168 chartposition: RandB #14, US #51 weeksinr&bchart: 8 writtenby: Billy Guy album: Coast Along with the Coasters	The Coasters	Wake Me, Shake Me	1960	Atco
28	recordlabel: King 5428 chartposition: RandB #21, US #48 writtenby: Little Willie John and Darryl John	Little Willie John	Walk Slow	1960	King
29	recordlabel: Kent 45350 chartposition: RandB #23 writtenby: Peter Joe Clayton	B.B. King	Walking Dr. Bill	1960	Kent

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